Friday, September 29. 2006

No, nothing to do with the cattle. They are looking great. I am all ready to ship and looking forward to getting the job done.

No, the problem is the company that hosts this website is having quite a few problems and they are screwing me all up. I called in right away yesterday morning when I couldn't access the site. They started by telling me it was my problem and not theirs. I politely pointed out that the problem was root@localhost could not connect to the database and that made it their problem since the root account is theirs. The guy I was talking to was not very happy with this and told me their was nothing he could do about the situation and he would have to send it to the tier 2 team for resolution.

I asked him how long that would take. Two to three days. I got a little upset at that but told My Darling Wife that they would figure it out before then since this problem would be affecting everyone on the host so they would do something about it pretty quick. It was kind of working by the time I got home so we will see. I am looking into self hosting the site if I can work out a deal for a land based hi speed Internet line. At least that way I will be in control of my own destiny. We will see.

Preparations for shipping took up the bulk of yesterday. All the big stuff was done it was just a matter of the little odds and ends that were left. The weather is supposed to be very warm and dry. It's funny, two weeks ago I was worrying about the dust in the corral and now after all the rain I am worried about the mud in the corral. What a change.

The steer calves were contracted at 575 pounds. I am anxious to see what they will weigh. I don't think they will be that high but they will be close. The Vet thinks they will make weight. I will know this evening.

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. John F. Kennedy